#2B157C#2B157C

#2B157C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.159 H 281.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B157C
RGB	rgb(43, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(253, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(253, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.94, 39.81, -53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.94, 66.94, 306.50°)
OKLab	oklab(31.06% 0.0323 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(31.06% 0.159 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.9014, 2.5048, 19.2901)
Luminance	0.0250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B157C #667C15

analogous

#15327C #2B157C #5E157C

triadic

#2B157C #7C2B15 #157C2B

tetradic

#2B157C #7C1532 #667C15 #157C5E

square

#2B157C #7C1532 #667C15 #157C5E

split-complementary

#2B157C #7C5E15 #327C15

monochromatic

#09041A #190C48 #2B157C #3D1EB0 #5430DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.99

#2B157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#2B157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B157C

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B157C	1.00	13.99	1.50	13.99
#FFFFFF	13.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00287A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.159 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7156a3',
    500: '#2b157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b157c;
$custom-light: #7156a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.816,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31055,
    "c": 0.15857,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B157C

secondary

#98B13C

accent

#EE3AC7

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B157C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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